Unit 2 The environment

一、重点单词

1. responsibility n. adj.__________

【联想拓展】涉及responsibility的相关短语 _____________________________________

【考点训练】

1) We need to ____________________________(对...负责) looking after our own health.

2) It's our belief that those greedy businessmen ____________________________(对...负责) the matter.

3) 保护环境是每个人的职责。

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2. appreciate v. n. ___________ adj. ___________

【用法回顾】回顾appreciate的用法______________________________________________

【考点训练】

1) I would appreciate it ______ you call back this afternoon for the doctor's appointment.

A. until B. if C. when D. that

2) As I will be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate ________ from you now and then _______ me how everyone is getting along.

A. hearing; tell B. to hear; tell C. hearing; telling D. to hear, to tell

二、重点短语

1. in/with regard to

【用法回顾】 回顾两个短语的用法______________________________________________

【联想拓展】

have no regard for in this regard with kind/best regards

【考点训练】

1) I have offered to paint the house ________ a week's accommodation.

A. in exchange for B. with regard to C. by means of D. in place of

2) I am always delighted when I receive an e-mail from you. _______ the party on July 1st, I shall be pleased to attend.

A. On account of B. In response to C. In view of D. With regard to

2. use up run out of

【用法回顾】 回顾两个短语的用法______________________________________________

【联想拓展】同义短语_________________________________________________________

【考点训练】

用use up, run out 和 give out 的适当形式填空

1) When the bacteria _______ most of oxygen in the water, fish, crabs and other organisms will be killed.

2) The food and drink ______ early, but otherwise the party was a great success.

3) I am sorry that we have ______ gasoline. Could you lend us some?

三、重要句型

1. The world's population has grown by six times what it was in 1800.

【联想拓展】英语中的倍数可以用几种句型表达：

【考点训练】

1）The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be _______ the present one.

A. as three times big as B. three times as big as